How to start a home daycare in Wyoming.
Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) oversees home daycares in Wyoming. These are the kinds it allows and the steps, each with the state's own page.
Steps checked on the state's own pages, November 4, 2026.
The kinds of home daycare Wyoming allows
Family Child Care Home
3 to 10 children
Care in your own home, with no extra staff.
Source: Child Care: Licensed Child Care ProvidersFamily Child Care Center
Up to 15 children
In your home or another building. Add one staff member when more than 10 children are there.
Source: Child Care: Licensed Child Care Providers
Starting a home daycare in Wyoming, step by step
Get fire, sanitation and zoning approvals
Get inspections or approvals from fire, sanitation and zoning officials where they are required.
Source: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)Finish pre-service training
Send proof that you finished the required pre-service training.
Source: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)Clear background checks
Staff and adults in your home need checks from each state lived in during the last five years.
Source: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)Send your application
Send a complete, signed and dated application. Send the required items with it or within 30 days.
Source: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)Pass the scheduled inspection
A licenser does a scheduled inspection of your home after you apply.
Source: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)Get your license
The licenser issues a one-year license or a provisional license, or denies the application.
Source: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)
At a glance
- Who oversees home daycares
- Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS), Child Care Licensing. The certifying authority. It issues certificates, makes inspections and enforces the standards.Source: Wyoming Statutes Title 14: Children
- When you need a license
- Caring for more than 2 children, unless you are exemptSource: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)
- Caring without a license
- A crime, unless you are exemptSource: Who Needs to be Licensed?
- If you are exempt
- You may still ask for a licenseSource: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)
- Licensing visits
- At least one announced and one unannounced visit each yearSource: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)
Good to know
- A child care facility that is not exempt must be licensed before it cares for any child.Source: Wyoming Statutes Title 14: Children
- Your town or county may require more inspections.Source: Child Care Licensing Rules, Chapter 2: Licensing Process (April 2026)
- Care for the children of just one family does not need a license.Source: Who Needs to be Licensed?
Run a program in Wyoming? Bloomily handles enrollment, billing, check-in and family messages. See how it works
Plan your program
- How to start a daycare in Wyoming
Opening a child care center: the steps and the agency.
- Wyoming licensing guide
Ratios, trainings and the checklist the state asks for.
- Child care grants in Wyoming
Grants the state runs for providers.
- Daycare startup costs in Wyoming
Revenue, staff pay and rent from your own numbers.
- Daycare business plan
How to write a plan for funding and licensing.
- Tuition calculator
Typical rates by state and age group.
- Ratio calculator
Staff needed for each age group, by state.
Questions, answered
How do I start a home daycare in Wyoming?
The first step: Get fire, sanitation and zoning approvals. All 6 steps are on this page, each with the state's own link.
Who oversees home daycares in Wyoming?
Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS), Child Care Licensing. The certifying authority. It issues certificates, makes inspections and enforces the standards.
How many children can a home daycare in Wyoming care for?
Family Child Care Home: 3 to 10 children. Family Child Care Center: Up to 15 children.
About this page
Steps checked on the state's own pages, November 4, 2026.
This page is a summary of the state's own pages. It is not legal advice, and rules change.
See it with your name on the door.
Get startedor see it work
Sign up today, free, and set up in an afternoon.